The following is a guest post by Theodore Ficklestein, author of I Killed the Man Who Wrote this Book. I realize that most if not all of you have no idea who I am, so although I am supposed to be using this post for book related topic, I will use this platform to inform you of my recent writing activity. I guess this is kind of considered a book related…
Tag: life

The relationship between writing and doctoring
The following is a guest post by Raymond Barfield, author of The Book of Colors. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. I graduated from medical school in 1993 and from residency in 1996. Work hour limits for medical students and residents were established in 1997 (the new rule was that students and residents can work no more than 80…

A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise by Alex Sheshunoff
Alex Sheshunoff is in his late 20s and the owner of an internet company in New York when a panic attack makes him realize he is very unhappy with his life. His business is not going too well, he’s working too much, and an employee is threatening to sue. A few weeks later, he resigns from his job, dumps his girlfriend, sublets his apartment, and decides to go on a search…

Running on All Four
The following is a guest post by Thomas Lopinski, author of The Art of Raising Hell. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com I didn’t sit down to write a novel entitled The Art of Raising Hell. In fact, the book was already finished and half way edited by the time my dear friend suggested it. We’d been going…

Poems from Life’s Precipice
The following is a guest post by George Schnaider, author of Impressions and Expressions. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. In 1984, I was struck by a car while I was walking along the shoulder of a road. I was nearly killed. I spent three weeks in a coma, four weeks connected to a life support machine, seven…

How I Came to Write
The following is a guest post by Meghan Hill, author of Making Room For You: A Practical Guide to Organizing You Home. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. When I was little, I wanted to be a visual artist. My paternal Grandmother, an oil painter, encouraged this by giving me sketchbooks, colored pencils, watercolors and paints for my…

Traveling Left of Center by Nancy Christie
The following is a guest post by Nancy Christie, author of Traveling Left of Center. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. The Book There are some people who, whether by accident or design, find themselves traveling left of center. Unable or unwilling to seize control over their lives, they allow fate to dictate the path they take—often…

My Life, My Mystery
The following is a guest post by Connie Knight, author of Cemetery Whites and Chances Choices Changes Death. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. The truth is, I have a life, but I haven’t really lived a mystery. You can incorporate something you once observed into the story you’re thinking about, even if it’s fictional rather than the…